Hi Dark, Exactly. Every programming language out there has its own unique strengths and weaknesses which is why in order to get a Computer Science degree in programming a developer must take several different programming languages in order to earn that degree. Some languages are more specialized for a certain task than others. Here is just a few pros and cons of modern programming languages in use today. The SQL programming language is specifically designed for building large and small skaled database applications. Its obvious advantage is you can create huge databases of data to store, research, and expose to client side applications. The disadvantage is other than that SQL is pretty useless. The C++ programming language is now the standard programming language and is at the core of most of the major operating systems including Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. Its uses are almost unlimited, and that is its greatest advantage. However, because C++ is so flexable it has a massive learning curve which detracts from its use among amature programmers. One of the fastest growing and widely supported programming languages is Java. Unlike languages such as C++ Java is not restricted to the operating system it was compiled on. Its greatest advantage to a programmer is its build once run everywhere design and structure. Its greatest disadvantage is because the Java core language tends to stay away from operating specific details you can't do anything low level such as drivers, may encounter issues with file access issues on some operating systems, and every machine you intend to run it needs the Java runtime to be installed prier to running. It also has a disadvantage to us is that the swing toolkit interface doesn't always register itself with a screen reader requiring an access bridge which at times is a hastle with screen readers other than Jaws 9.
Dark wrote: > Hmmm marko that's a tad Extreme I think. > > as i said, i'd like some more proof of claudio's abilities and such, ---- > but I wouldn't be so dismissive, afterall while I understand from Tom's > posts the different languages have their strengths and weaknesses, as well > as comonalities to other languages, there does seem to be a degree of > preference involved. > > My friend who's a pro software designer for example, loves and sings the > praises of java, while someone else I know is a big purl fan. > > if Claudio wrote a great game in basic, --- fair enough. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
